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10th AnnualLoyola University ChicagoHistory Graduate Student ConferenceNovember 9, 2013
Acknowledgments
Loyola University Chicago
History Graduate Student Association Officers
Rachel Boyle, President
Pamela Johnson, Vice President
Katherine Macica, Treasurer
Kim Connelly Hicks, Secretary
Aaron Brunmeier, Media Coordinator
HGSA Faculty Advisor
Dr. David Dennis
HGSA Conference Committee
Aaron Brunmeier and Katherine Macica, Co-Chairs
Rachel Boyle, Kim Connelly Hicks, Cambray Sampson, Joshua Wachuta
Moderators and Volunteers
Micaela Castillo, Chelsea Denault, Anthony Di Lorenzo, Bryan Escobar,
Carl Ewald, Erin Feichtinger, Molly Fullerton, Jessica Hagen, Will Ippen,
Nathan Jérémie-Brink, Pamela Johnson, Devin Leigh, Amy Oberlin,
Ruby Oram, Dan Ott, Laura Pearce, Jenny Pederson, Stella Ress,
Matthew Sawicki, Eric Schuster, Amelia Serafine, Hope Shannon,
Samantha Smith, Emily Snyder
The HGSA Conference Committee would like to thank all of the History
Department staff, faculty, and student volunteers for their participation
in and assistance with this event. This conference would not be possible
without you.
We especially want to thank all of the students from outside of Loyola
and the Chicago area who have traveled great distances to be here today
and whose participation has made this event a success.
Thank you!
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Welcome
Greetings, Fellow Graduate Students!
On behalf of the Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Association and the
Department of History, I welcome you to the Tenth Annual History Graduate Student Conference.
The mission of Loyola’s History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) is to represent the
interests of the history graduate students to Loyola faculty, staff, and administration, as well as to
cultivate academic excellence and community amongst graduate students.
Our tenth annual conference continues a strong tradition of bringing together graduate students
from across the country whose works span chronologically from the early modern era to the end
of the twentieth century, and encompass a diversity of historical approaches and subjects. In
addition, we are pleased to introduce a new digital history panel that highlights original
historical research presented in nontraditional formats. Our lunchtime panel will continue to
explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the digital landscape for historians in the
twenty-first century. Finally, we are excited to build upon the success of last year’s dynamic
Public History Roundtable by bringing together pubic history professionals, faculty, and
graduate students to discuss the active roles of historians in promoting social justice as well as
environmental and social sustainability.
I would like to especially thank the commentators from Loyola and the broader academic
community for giving their time and expertise to make the conference a valuable learning
experience for graduate students.
Again, welcome to Loyola and thank you for your participation in our conference.
Sincerely,
Rachel Boyle, President
Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Association
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Conference Information
Registration
On-site registration is available in Kasbeer Hall, 15th floor, Corboy Law Center, located at 25 E.
Pearson street. Participants who pre-registered can pick up their name tag at the registration
desk. The registration desk will be staffed all day and volunteers will be available to help should
you have any questions.
Meals and Refreshments
Coffee, tea, and water will be available in Kasbeer Hall throughout the day. Continental
breakfast and lunch are provided for conference participants and volunteers. The post-
conference reception includes complimentary beverages and light hors d’oeuvres. We encourage
all conference attendees to join us at the reception.
Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi is available for conference attendees. The username to access the Loyola network is
GraduateStudentConference, and the password is LUC470214 .
Conference Hashtag
We invite conference attendees to tweet their thoughts and engage in dialog via twitter.
Please use #HGSA2013.
Public History Roundtable
The Public History Roundtable, Social Justice, Activism, and Sustainability in Public History,
will take place during the third session, from 2:45 to 4:30. The roundtable features Dr. Paul
Schadewald of Macalester College, along with graduate students, and public history
professionals from the Chicago area. Everyone is welcome to attend and share their ideas
about how historians can engage in and promote social justice as well as social and ecological
sustainability.
Blog
Want to share your thoughts and experiences about the conference after its over? Consider
writing a post for the conference blog (loyolahistoryconference.com). If you’re interested,
please contact us at [email protected]. We welcome posts from all participants, both affiliated with
and not affiliated with Loyola.
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Time Presentation Location
8:00-8:45 a.m. Registration Kasbeer Hall
9:00-10:45 a.m. Radical Politics, Labor, and Crime in Interwar America 206
Negotiating the Limits of Nationalism 207
Beyond the Battlefield: Politics, Labor, and the Republic
in Mid-19th Century America 208
Postwar German Culture 209
11:00-12:45 p.m. Digital History 206
Early American Frontiers 207
Urban Violence in the United States 208
Gender and Race in Peace and War 209
12:45-2:30 p.m. Lunch and Faculty Panel Kasbeer Hall
2:45-4:30 p.m. Public History Roundtable: Social Justice, Sustainability,
and Activism in Public History 301
(Re)Building Communities in Urban America 206
Religion and Social Change in Early Modern Europe 207
Gender, Power, and Imperialism in a Transnational
Context 208
War and Policy in 20th Century Africa 209
4:45-5:45 p.m. Reception Kasbeer Hall
Conference Schedule
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Conference Program
8:00-8:45 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Kasbeer Hall, 15th Floor, Corboy Law Center
9:00-10:45 a.m.
Radical Politics, Labor, and Crime in Interwar America
Corboy Law Center 206
Papers: From Royalty to Reds: The Changing Public Opinion of Jane Addams and
Hull House during the Red Scare
Laura Pearce, Loyola University Chicago
Shtarker: The Convergence of Organized Crime and Organized Labor in
New York’s Garment District, 1920-1940
David Yee, Stony Brook University, State University of New York
Comment: Elizabeth Shermer, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Hope Shannon, Loyola University Chicago
9:00-10:45 a.m.
Negotiating the Limits of Nationalism
Corboy Law Center 207
Papers: Religion, Sexuality, Power: The French in Morocco 1900-1914
Whitney Abernathy, Boston College
In Unquiet Times: East German Journalists and State-Ideological Collapse,
1989-90
Johanna Folland, University of Michigan
Italian-American Fascism: An Attempt to Globalize Ultranationalism?
John Keating, New York University
Comment: Edin Hajdarpasic, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Pamela Johnson, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
9:00-10:45 a.m.
Beyond the Battlefield: Politics, Labor, and the Republic in Mid-19th Century
America
Corboy Law Center 208
Papers: Anti-Catholicism or Republican Vision? Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen and
the Blaine Amendment
Valerie Deisinger, Stanford University
Labor Reform and Abolitionism: The Problem of Freedom in Antebellum
America
Pam C. Nogales C., New York University
‘Elua Aupuni Kū’oko’a o ka Amerikia Hui: Hawaiian Newspapers during
the American Civil War
Joseph O'Leary, Florida International University
Comment: Harold Platt, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Matthew Sawicki, Loyola University Chicago
9:00-10:45 a.m.
Postwar German Culture
Corboy Law Center 209
Papers: Du Hast, Du Haßt Mich: Selling German National Identity in a
Transnational World
Melinda Dolezal, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
DEFA and the Forging of a New National Identity: A Case Study of Two
Postwar East German Films
Jaimie Kicklighter, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Monumental Shifts in Memory: The Evolution of German War Memorials from
1945 to the End of the Cold War
Sarah Lavallee, Wichita State University
Comment: Alice Weinreb, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Anthony Di Lorenzo, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
11:00-12:45 p.m.
Digital History
Corboy Law Center 206
Papers: Presenting History Visually: Historians Using Oral History for
Documentary Film
Tracey Casseus, University at Albany, State University of New York
Washita: A Problem of History and Memory
Erik Johnson, George Mason University
The Civil War in Letters: A Newberry Library Transcription Project
Gregory Ruth, Loyola University Chicago
Comment: Kyle Roberts, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Will Ippen, Loyola University Chicago
11:00-12:45 p.m.
Early American Frontiers
Corboy Law Center 207
Papers: Finding North: Schoolcraft, the Upper Great Lakes, and Defining Northern Space
Camden Burd, Central Michigan University
“There’s No Valley So Sweet:” Market Development in the Lower Fox Valley
River Region, 1833-1852
Wayne Duerkes, Northern Illinois University
Lockeans of Sparta: War, Speculation and the Creation of Frontier Culture in
the Northeastern Borderland, 1713-1763
Ian Saxine, Northwestern University
Creole Persistence at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, 1836-1900
Joshua Wachuta, Loyola University Chicago
Comment: Theodore Karamanski, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Dan Ott, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
11:00-12:45 p.m.
Urban Violence in the United States
Corboy Law Center 208
Papers: Felony Review: The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, the Chicago Police,
and the Decision to Torture, 1972-1991
Andrew Baer, Northwestern University
From “Disgusting Rowdyism” to “Internecine Strife:” Gendered Riots in Late
Nineteenth Century Chicago
Rachel Boyle, Loyola University Chicago
“The Spirited Will Act:” The Tradition of Collective Action in
Pre-Revolutionary Boston
Chelsea Denault, Loyola University Chicago
Defining the Mob in the Age of the Riot Act of 1715
Aaron Psujek, Eastern Illinois University
Comment: Elliott Gorn, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Amelia Serafine, Loyola University Chicago
11:00-12:45 p.m.
Gender and Race in Peace and War
Corboy Law Center 209
Papers: Go and Warn My People to Leave the City: Gender, Jim Crow, and God
Edward Andrus, University of Arkansas
“More than Just a Patriarchal Order”: Conversations with Three Chinese
Mormon Women
Keshia Lai, Ohio State University
The Flower of the Army: Race, Religion, and Romantic Manhood among
Illinois Volunteers During the Mexican-American War
Matthew Sawicki, Loyola University Chicago
Comment: Elizabeth Matelski, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Stella Ress, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
12:45-2:30 p.m.
Lunch and Faculty Panel
Kasbeer Hall, 15th Floor
Welcome: Theodore Karamanski, Loyola University Chicago
Professor of History and Public History Program Director
Panel: 21st Century Challenges Facing the History Profession:
Digital History Edition
This panel will explore the opportunities and challenges presented by the brave
new world of digital history. How can historians negotiate the increasingly
fast-paced change within the profession brought about, in part, by new digital
tools and resources? Our panelists will provide their perspectives and answer
the audience’s questions on myriad topics related to digital history and its many
applications, both inside and outside the classroom. Live-tweeting your
thoughts and questions is encouraged! #HGSA2013
Panelists: Meghan Dougherty, Loyola University Chicago
Anne Flannery, Newberry Library
Christopher Manning, Loyola University Chicago
Kyle Roberts, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Aaron Brunmeier, Loyola University Chicago
2:45-4:30 p.m.
Public History Roundtable:
Social Justice, Sustainability, and Activism in Public History
Corboy Law Center 301
Panel: This roundtable is designed to foster discussion about the active roles of
historians in promoting social justice as well as social and ecological
sustainability. The roundtable will include graduate student conference
participants and public history professionals from the Chicago area.
Everyone is welcome to attend and participate!
Featured Speaker: Dr. Paul Schadewald, Macalester College
Moderator: Rachel Boyle, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
2:45-4:30 p.m.
(Re)Building Communities in Urban America
Corboy Law Center 206
Papers: “Disease Knows No Color Line:” The Civil Rights Movement and the Building
of Community Hospital in Evanston, Illinois
Marc Arenberg, Northeastern Illinois University
The High Price of Intergroup Education: Teaching Goodwill, Resisting
Legislated Integration
Ariana Horn, University of Wisconsin
Finding the Swedish in Andersonville, How a Chicago Neighborhood
Maintained its Ethnic Identity
Rachel Lewis, Middle Tennessee State University
Urban Renewal and Local History in Two Boston Neighborhoods
Hope Shannon, Loyola University Chicago
Comment: Patricia Mooney-Melvin, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Ruby Oram, Loyola University Chicago
2:45-4:30 p.m.
Religion and Social Change in Early Modern Europe
Corboy Law Center 207
Papers: I Beg to Differ: Domingo de Soto’s Critique of the Castilian Poor Law of 1540
Justin Chmiel, Miami University
The Nuncio, the Prince, and the Heretics: Vincenzo Lauro and International
Catholicism after the Reformation
Charles Keenan, Northwestern University
Comment: Robert Bucholz, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Erin Feichtinger, Loyola University Chicago
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Conference Program
2:45-4:30 p.m.
Gender, Power, and Imperialism in a Transnational Context
Corboy Law Center 208
Papers: “Plain Mr. Hastings” and his “Queen of Sheba:” The Beginning of Pseudo-
Sovereign Identity in British India, 1772-1795
Christina Casey, Cornell University
Beyond the Census: Colonial Ethnography on India’s North-West Frontier
Zak Leonard, University of Chicago
“No Harm Comes to this Girl:” Gender Politics on the World Stage
Marc Reyes, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Comment: Aidan Forth, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Amy Oberlin, Loyola University Chicago
2:45-4:30 p.m.
War and Policy in 20th Century Africa
Corboy Law Center 209
Papers: Virtually Modern: Simulating Nigeria’s Path to Capitalist Modernity
Kevin Baker, Northwestern University
Holden Roberto and American Policy on the Angola-Zaire Frontier, 1961-1975
Alex Marino, University of Arkansas
Comment: Kim Searcy, Loyola University Chicago
Moderator: Nathan Jérémie-Brink, Loyola University Chicago
4:45-5:45 p.m.
Reception and Awards
Kasbeer Hall, 15th Floor
Awards: Rachel Boyle, HGSA President
Prizes will be awarded to the top two presentations, plus an honorable mention
for the top Loyola presentation.
Reception: Complimentary beverages and light hors d’oeuvres will be provided.
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Notes
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Notes
Notes
Thank you for attending the
10th Annual Loyola University Chicago
History Graduate Student Conference.
We hope to see you again next year!
